Processed Locally
Input — Your Text
A word and character counter that runs entirely in the browser — paste or type text and get instant counts, with nothing sent to a server and no account required. Built for the specific moment a piece of writing needs to hit an exact number, not just roughly fit one.
A college essay capped at 650 words, a resume bullet point that needs to stay under 200 characters, a grant application with a strict 500-word limit — Clear Count tracks words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, and paragraphs simultaneously, so there's no guessing or switching between different counting methods to confirm a draft actually fits.
A cover letter, a toast, or a short speech benefits from knowing its real-world length before it's finished — reading time is estimated at 225 words per minute, speaking time at 130, both updating live as the draft changes. Useful for catching a speech that's quietly grown to eight minutes when it needed to stay under three.
The font size can be adjusted for easier reading during a long editing session, and the current draft is saved automatically to the browser so closing the tab by accident doesn't lose the count in progress. When the numbers check out, the text copies to the clipboard or downloads as a .txt file in one click.
No. Everything is counted and saved locally in the browser — nothing is sent to a server or tied to an account.
At 225 words per minute for silent reading, and 130 words per minute for speaking aloud — both are running averages, so actual time will vary with content and pacing.
Both, shown separately, since different limits (a tweet, a form field, a title tag) sometimes specify one or the other.
Clear Count counts whatever is typed or pasted into it as plain text — formatting from a source document won't carry over, only the words and characters themselves.